The role of social media in BIM-based projects

Abstract: Project teams are composed of diverse professionals who need to collaborate and communicate, but often lack the will, skills, or tools to do so. Through a literature review, this paper identifies topics and activities where social media supports the BIM-based projects. In addition to smoother collaboration, the informal knowledge and information exchange enabled by social media technology provides a better understanding of project requirements and helps project managers better analyze and deploy team members’ skills and needs. Future work should explore how BIM tools can be made more social or how generic social tools can work better with BIM data.